“A bullet just went through my car, my head burns, there’s glass in me, my son Is okay, he wasn’t crying, he’s so tough,” she said.

Avila and her fiancé were seen hugging their son in a parking lot after the shooting. At that moment, they said they realized how close they were to dying. She said, just a half an inch could’ve taken her life.

“I could just be laying on the table, and that’s it,” Avila said.

Police are hailing K-9 Officer Axel a hero because he was first to run toward the suspect. They say he prevented other people from getting hurt.

The K-9 Handler involved was grazed by a bullet through his shirt, not his bullet-proof vest, and is expected to be okay.

The suspect was identified as Grayson Schuessler of Orangevale. He was shot and killed when officers fired back.